>>34504
I would like to interject for a moment.
>the Old Testament is the past, we are living in the era of the New Testament, and this is the era of clemency
Matthew 5:17-18
<17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
<18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Colossians 2:16
<16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Acts 24:1-6
<24 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
<2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
<3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
<4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
<5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
<6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
>Sect of the Nazarenes
>would have judged according to our law.